benzo's reducing dopimine transmission?

Posted by falconman on March 17, 2003, at 22:29:07

hi,
I saw a program which touched on benzo's such as klonopin, and its relationship to dopimine reduction. I just caught the end of the show and am not sure if I grasped what was fully being said.
Do benzo's effect the dopaminergic system, and if so how? I'm wondering if they could be the reason some people experince no reward value and lack of plesure whilst being on them.
I'm not sure if anyone saw it.(UK BBC11 yesterday)
Briefly the program talked about a man who was doing a bungee jump. The exhileration and extreme pleasure/high the dude experinced was attributed to the gaba system becoming less influencial in the brain. The fear and adrenalin from looking over that edge before he jumped reduced the influence of GABA, therefore when he jumped there was a huge increase in dopamine transmition as its release was less affected by the inhibitory nature of GABA.
Does this make sense to anyone else? Any thoughts surrounding this issue(or not)generally will be all good!

peace all
Falcon

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